Question

Determine if the following is an independent or dependent

clause:
Students riding the bus to Washington.

Answer 1

Answer: it should be independent



Explanation: An independent clause is a sentence that has a subject and a verb and requires no extra information to understand. Dependent clauses, which start with subordinating conjunctions such as "while," "that," or "unless," ..

Answer 2

dependent

Step-by-step explanation:

"Students riding the bus to Washington" what, you need a verb, because "riding the bus to Washington" isn't functioning as a verb.

If it had been "The students are riding the bus to Washington." that would've been a independent clause.